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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00527A000100140037-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 37
• Content Type: REPORT

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Cos Diversion WS)
I. he Services Division is responsible for producing all-source
In alligence on the services sector of the Soviet Bloc economy for co-
-i: dinatin; intelligence production in this field within the i3 Government,
.:ind for contributing, within its field of responsibility, to national
he services sector includes generally:
langeria3. meohanioms of the economic ministries
:international trade and '?in~a:nce and domestic trade
-: an.snortation
1 Labor and manpower
Coamnuwdca -ions
Construction of fixed installations and construction materials
Certain specialized service orgarizations.
t-ovanunications Branch (S/GUM)
he Communications Branch is responsible for producing X11. sour ,.
,:rnoraie intelligence on the facilities and activities of organized systems
-a?t coi nunications of the soviet Bloc, for coordinating such intelli. fence uro-
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pition W. thin the Lei Government, and for contributing, within its field
naponsibility, to national estimates.
=o;rmunications includes generally:
Telecommunications facilities Hardline and radio
Telecommunications activities (telephone corrrersati ons, tele?
:rams, etc. )
i adiobroadca.eting
Functional services (aeronautical, police, marine, etc.)
Ladio location and control facilities
Communications analysis
Postal service.
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The Soviet ministerial responsibilities generally are.,
a. Ministry of Coimnunicationa
b. Those political or administrative subdivisions of other Soviet
ministries which are concerned with telecommunications.
`Frans r n Branch (S/TR)
1. The Transportation Branch is responsible for producing all-source
economic intelligence on the transportation activities and facilities, other
than military aircraft and pipelines, of the Soviet Bloc, for coordinating
such intelligence production within the US Government, and for contributing,
within its field of responsibility, to national estimates.
2. Transportation includes generally:
a, Rail, water (ocean & river), air, and road transportation
facilities
b. Character, magnitude, and direction of traffic via the var-
ious media
c. Transportation equipment and equipment markings
d. Routes and capacity of routes.
:3. The Soviet ministerial responsibilities generally are:
a. Ministry of Land Transport
b. H i, rrlstry of Sea and River Transport
c. Chief Directorate of the Civil Air Fleet (Ministry of Defense)
d. Administrative subdivisions of other Soviet Ministries which
are concerned with transportation.
Trade Branch (S/T ')
1. The Trade Branch is responsible for producing all-source economic
btelligence on international and domestic trade and international finance
>f the Soviet Bloc, for coordinating such intelligence production within
.he uJS Government, and for contributing, within its field of responsibility,
=s national estimates.
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'ride and finance include generally:
z? s -eat trade
l.ixtra-Bloc trade
Trade agreements
So viet trade: policy
Soviet Bloc balance of payments and other external financial
.activities
=dance tic trade
Soviet ministerial responsibilities generally axe%
^Ltnistry of Internal and Foreign Trade
Ministry of Finance
Administrative subdivisions of other Soviet Ministries which
;rn concerned with international or domestic trade, inter-
national finance, and consumer services.
structi.on Branch (S/CST )
Construction Branch is responsible for producing all-source
no:ni.c intelligence on the construction of fixed installations and the
oduction of construction materials within the Soviet Bloc, for coordinating
a intelligence production within the US Government, and for contributing,
n its field of responsibility, to national estimates
^orstruction includes generally:
Construction costs, methods, capabilities, materials and
dealgn standards of constructed fixed installations
-a. The uroduction of construction materials except timber
The Soviet ministerial responsibilities generally are:
Ninistry of Construction
~a State Construction Committee
Ministry of Construction Materials Industry
d. Administrative subdivisions of other Soviet Ministries chide
are concerned with construction and construction materials,
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Gr anizations Br (S/QG)
1. The Organizations Branch is responsible for producing all-source
economic intelligence on the economic organizations, key personalities,
and industrial management techniques of the Soviet Moo, for coordinating
mch intelligence production within the US Government, and for contributing,
within its field of responsibility, to national estimates.
Organizations includes generally:
n. Economic organizations
b. Key personalities
c. Trade union and Communist Party organization
d. Planning organizations
s, industrial management techniques and organization
f. Mobilization agencies and civil defense (except strategic
stockpiling).
3. The Soviet ministerial responsibilities generally are:
a. Ministry of State Control
b, Gosplan
c. Mobilization agencies and civil defense organizations
d. Economic functions of non-economic ministries
o. Administrative subdivisions of other Soviet Ministries which
are concerned with organization, industrial management, and
economic control.
. bor and Maz ewer Branch (S/L)
1, The Labor and Manpower Branch is responsible for producing all.-source
economic intelligence on population, manpower, education, and public informa-
t-ion of the Soviet Bloc, for coordinating such intelligence production within
the TS Goverment, and for contributing, within its field of responsibility,
-to national estimates.
2. Labor and manpower include generally:
a. Population
b. Labor skills and education
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c, Liages, hours, conditions of work
d, Productivity
e. Public information (press, publishing, radiobroadoasting)
f. Standard of living
g. Consumer services
The Soviet ministerial responsibilities generally are;
a. Ministry of Culture
b. Ministry of Justice
a. I.nistry of Finance
d. Central Statistical Administration
e. Ministry of Health
f,. Administrative subdivisions of other Soviet ministries which
are concerned with population, manpower, education, and public
information.
aecial Services Organizations Branch (S/50)
1. The Special Service Organizations Branch is responsible for pro-
ducing all-source economic intelligence onfne activities of those Soviet
organizations which are concerned with regional development of the USSR., for
coordinating such intelligence production within the US Government,, and for
contributing, within its field of responsibility, to national estimates,
2 Special Service Organizations include generally:
a. Chief Directorate of the North Pn Sea Route
b. Dalstroy
a. Arctic Institute
0. Other regional organizations
This branch is the USSR section of the former Regional Branch, Strategic
Division.
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